Palestinians Accuse Trump Of ‘Blackmail’ After Threat To Withhold Aid

Palestinians on Wednesday condemned as blackmail President Trump’s threat to withhold aid payments to the Palestinian Authority over what he called its unwillingness to talk peace with Israel.

“They don’t even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with Israel … with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?” the President wrote.

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s executive committee, declared in response: “We will not be blackmailed.” Read more at NY POST.

Blackmail is threatening someone with disclosure or consequences inconsistent with the alleged offense, in order to extort a benefit.
Telling someone outright that unless certain conditions are adhered to, or certain actions performed, there will be no handouts is a simple principle of “the one who pays the orchestra orders the music”.
There is zero reason for anyone to dish out money to the Palestinians, or to anyone else, in fact. Therefore, the would-be donor could set any preconditions that he wishes to. They aren’t any more entitled to international funding than our own blacks to federal one. There are no free dinners, and the dinar stops here.